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Across the butter-bean fields from where 11-year-old Tameka Lehmann was left to die last week on the back porch of her foster parents` home is parked a rusted truck trailer painted with the words "Jesus Saves." Until moving to this rural town three months ago from Blue Island, Ill., Tameka's foster parents, Sylvester and Ann Phillips were thought by Illinois officials to be a child-loving, churchgoing couple. But since settling into a ranch house adjacent to a communelike farming compound--both apparently owned by a flamboyant local preacher, Bishop J.H. Barbour--authorities allege that the couple had engaged in cruel and perverse treatment of Tameka and the other children in their care.

Monday morning. Bad traffic. Let's just turn on the radio here, see if we can get some good tunes, crank it up. Maybe they`ll play some some early Stones. Yeah. Maybe they.... - POWER ON - "...just reached the end of 14 classic hits in a row, and we`ll be right back after we...." - SCAN - " ...send Bill Doberman to Congress. Because Bill Doberman agrees with us. Bill Doberman. It's a name we can trust. Bill Doberman. It's a name we can remember. Let's write it down.

They're all shook up at the Wookey Hole Caves children's museum near Wells, England, after Barney the guard dog shredded a collection of rare teddy bears, including one once owned by Elvis Presley. "He just went beserk," said Daniel Medley, general manager, after hundreds of bears were chewed up Tuesday night by the 6-year-old Doberman.

As the owner of a home in the 6900 block of Longmeadow Lane opened her front door Saturday afternoon, a mixed Doberman ran out the door and bit a postal worker on the hand and knee, causing minor puncture wounds, police said. The letter carrier received a tetanus shot at a doctor's office. No charges were filed against the owner.

A 25-year-old Buffalo Grove homeowner told police Wednesday that a $15,000 gold engagement ring and a $2,000 gold-link bracelet were stolen from his home during the past several weeks. The man said that he believes the jewelry was taken from a bedroom guarded by two Doberman pinschers during one of several parties he threw recently in the home in the 200 block of Stanton Drive.

Now it's possible to have the home security of barking dogs without the responsibility of feeding and walking. Canines on Cassette is a continuous loop tape of barking dogs aimed at deterring burglars while you`re away. The sounds of Doberman pinschers, German shepherds or small terriers are tape options. The cost is $16.95 plus $3 for postage. Write: Canines on Cassette, P.O. Box 17425, Portland, Ore., 97217.

During World War II, specially trained Doberman pinschers sniffed out land mines, tracked down snipers and carried messages from unit to unit. On Wednesday, an Illinois couple will help dedicate a statue to the memory of these dogs at the U.S. Marine Corps research center in Quantico, Va. Retired Barrington veterinarian C. David McLaughlin and his wife, Do, contributed the statue, which was designed by California sculptor Susan Bahary. It's a replica of the sculpture "Always Faithful" at the U.S. Marine Corps War Dog Memorial on the island of Guam.

A 22-month-old West Side boy who was mauled by a Doberman pinscher was upgraded from critical to fair condition Wednesday. The boy was bitten Monday on the face and head in an apartment where he and his 16-year-old mother were staying, Chicago police said. The child was taken to Children's Memorial Hospital, where he was improving Wednesday, a hospital spokeswoman said. After the dog's owner agreed to surrender it to Chicago's Animal Care and Control Department, the dog was euthanized, said Melanie Sobel, director of program services.